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Hawthorne, Nevada, April 1963

Date of account
1963-04
Location
Hawthorne, Nevada
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 23April 1963 Hawthorne Nevada 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibiy Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local、 XxGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Wos Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 24/0700Z AirVisuol Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE XX Was Astronomicaumeteor OiYes 口 Probably Astronomical 口 RNO Civilian Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowm 3-5 seconds one west 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round light green object with sound Meteor sighting. of buzzing or humming observed at 30 dgr elevation descending to 10 dgr elevation in arc from E to W.Lighted up area. Burned out or disappeared behind mountains.In sight for 3-5 seconds. ATIC FORM329(REV26SEP52)

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